Fire crews battle blaze in Greene Township

Photo from a house fire on Sampson Road on Feb. 17.CONTRIBUTED by Don Erbin Jr.

February 18, 2013 02:22 AM

A Greene Township family was displaced by an early morning fire Sunday.

Firefighters from more than half a dozen departments were called to a blaze at 10147 Sampson Road at 5:50 a.m.

Flames coming from the house's attic when firefighters arrived. They had the blaze out at about 7 a.m., and Erie County 911 dispatcher said. No injuries were reported.

Don Erbin Jr., chief of the Kuhl Hose Co., said two adults and a child were in the home at the time of the fire. He said they first heard "popping and snapping" sounds that they believed to be hail before the fire set off their smoke alarms.

Erbin said investigators are still determining the cause of the fire, but he is confident that it started in the home's chimney. He said the displaced family is now staying with relatives.

Firefighters from Stancliff, Wattsburg and Perry Hi-Way hose companies and Belle Valley, Edinboro and Union City fire departments also responded, along with EmergyCare.